Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं तव पौष्करम् । श्रुतं पापहरं नॄणां सर्वकामप्रदं तथा

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ tava pauṣkaram | śrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ tathā

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സംക്ഷേപമായി നിന്റെ പുഷ്കരമാഹാത്മ്യം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ഇത് ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യരുടെ പാപങ്ങൾ നശിക്കുകയും സർവ്വകാമങ്ങളും ലഭിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्त्यर्थक (thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Nipata (Adverbial/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (briefly/in summary)

• proktam: has been told
• proktam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: glory, greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pauṣkaram: pertaining to Puṣkara
• pauṣkaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pauṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (heard/when heard)

• pāpa-haram: sin-removing
• pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पापं हरति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• nṝṇām: of men/people
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• tathā: also, likewise
• tathā: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the addressed interlocutor (‘tava’) within the dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or priest recites the Puṣkara-māhātmya to attentive pilgrims seated near the pond; palm-leaf manuscript, prayer beads, and a calm devotional gathering.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred narratives (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a purifying practice, not merely information—it is dharma with fruit (phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-kuṇḍa / Puṣkara tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to the māhātmya is presented as a meritorious act yielding pāpa-haraṇa and sarva-kāma-pradāna.